Staff Correspondent
Port Blair, July 23: Tomorrow will be a golden day for people of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, when the distance between Port Blair and remote Nicobar District will be reduced to few minutes.
The flight between from Port Blair to Car Nicobar will start tomorrow. According to details available here the services will be available weekly once on every Thursday. As per the schedule, the CRJ aircraft flight No. 91-901 will depart from Port Blair at 11:00 hrs and will reach Car Nicobar at 11:55 hrs. On its return flight No. 91-902, the aircraft will depart from Car Nicobar at 12:25 hrs. and reach Port Blair at 13:20 hrs.
The ticket cost per passenger for one way between Port Blair and Car Nicobar will be as below. For Islanders and Govt. servants including Defence personnel on personal visit : Rs. 1500/- one way trip; For Officials including Defence personnel on duty: Rs. 5000/- one way trip.
This service will be one of the biggest achievements of the present Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Islanders only hope that such service will soon be started for Campbell Bay and Diglipur Islands also.
